A little over a year ago UK Uncut began its protests, and the world looked on, bemused. Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t: I knew they’d hit the zeitgeist,
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You are struggling. The economy is struggling. The government is struggling to balance its books. But as the FT reports today: UK companies (non-financials at least) are in
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I find the likes of Martin Kettle extremely annoying. Displaying extraordinary small mindedness, and a willingness to kow-tow to bankers and economists of the sort
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As the FT reports this morning: “We are the 99%”, the slogan of Occupy Wall Street, is a reference to the rising wealth of the
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FT Alphaville has reported this morning that: A senior UBS private banker allegedly sanctioned the creation of an illegal offshore investment vehicle for one of India’s
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Developing countries lost US$903 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2009 despite the massive slowdown in economic activity which rocked world markets in late 2008,
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On Monday the Bank of England argued: Imperfect information among investors is often at the root of financial instability. In the presence of imperfect information,
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Jersey seems to think the UK’s falling out with the EU could be good for it. I doubt it. Of course, if the UK leaves
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This is a little off beat, but excellent, by poet Alice Oswald in the Guardian a couple of days ago on her reasons for withdrawing
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